Vaccine-point carrier.



'No. 656,9l4. Patehted Aug. 28, |900.; B. WALSH.

VACCINE POINT CARRIER;

(Applicgztion filed Mar. 30, 1900.

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VACCINE-=PO INT CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 656,914, dated August28, 1900.

Application filed March 30, 1900- Seria1No. 10,819. (No model.)

To wZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RALPH WALSH, a citizen of the United States,residing in Washington city, in the District of Columbia, have inventeda new and useful Improvement in Vaccine-Point Cases or Carriers, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My object is to provide a case or carrier for ivory or other pointsarmed with dry vaccine which will hold them safe and protected fromextraneous injurious influences until the last point is used up.

The invention has been particularly designed for use in connection withpoints armed with the dry glycerinized vaccine lymph, which is thesubject of the application for Letters Patent of Edward Mason Parker,filed February 5, 1900, Serial No. 3,989; but it can of course be usedin connection with other dry points.

The box or case is one which is provided with a body to contain in thevaccine-armed the handle ends of the points protrude, an aseptic orsterilized expansible filling or packing around the points in the bodywhich will expand, so as to fill the space left by the points as theyare withdrawn, and a removable cover which fits upon the cap or body andshields the protruding handle ends of the points.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure1 is a View of the device with the cover removed. Fig. 2 is a View ofthe cap, body, and cover before they are put together. Fig.3 is avertical central section of the complete device. Fig. 4 is a horizontalsection of the same on line 4 4, Fig. 3.

The body A, cap B, and cover C may be of any suitable materialas, forexample, sheet metal-and that may be of cylindrical or other suitablecontour. In the top of the cap B, which top is preferably slightlydome-shaped, is an aperture b, preferably rectangular in shape, of asize to fit fairly snugly around the handle end of the vaccine-armedpoints P, which protrude through it. D is an aseptic expansive fillingor packing consisting, for example, of sterilized jewelers cotton.

While the method of packing the points into the case forms no part ofthe present invention, I would remark that in practice I avoid handlingthe points by hand after they are once armed or provided with thevaccine. They are put into their cases by means of sterilized mechanicalappliances, which avoid necessity of touching them with the hand. So,too, the body A is sterilized before the points are placed in it. Afterthe requisite number of points have been dropped into the body A, I thenby means of a suitable mechanical appliance on, for example, sterilizedforceps fill the interior of the body A around the points therein withan expansible aseptic filling D, preferably sterilized jewelers cotton,which is packed closely into the body A around the points, so as to fillall that part of the body which is unoccupied by the points. After thishas been done thecap B is put on over the top of the body, the handleends of the points passing out through the aperture 1), as seen inFig. 1. The cap may then be permanently secured to the body, if desired,although this is not indispensable. It should, however, fit the body sotightly that it will not be withdrawn with the cover 0 when the latteris taken off. The removable cover 0 fits down over the handle ends ofthe points upon the cap or body and is preferably of such dimensionsthat when in place its top will bear tightly upon the upper ends of thepoints P. Whenever apoint is desired,the cover 0 is removed, and one ofthe points can then be readily withdrawn, the other points beingsteadied and held in place by the aseptic expansion filling or packingD, which expands to take the place of the withdrawn point and closesaround the remaining points, so as to protect them thoroughly.

What I claim is- A vaccine-point carrier or case consisting of a body orcase proper for receiving the charged ends of the points, a cap fillingthe open end of said body and having an aperture formed therein throughwhich the uncharged ends of said points protrude, a re movable cover forsaid protruding ends, and an aseptic expansible packing filling the boxor case around the points therein, substantially as and for the purposeshereinbefore set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 27th day of March,1900.

RALPH WALSH.

Witnesses:

EWELL A. DICK, EDWIN K. LUNDY.

